If you're looking to get fit this New Year, Seattle is a great place to be

But it's not the best in the Pacific Northwest

What makes a city good for an active lifestyle? WalletHub ranked the country's 100 most populated cities using metrics such as cost of sports apparel, pick-up soccer meets per capita and swimming pools per capita to come up with the following top 15 cities for an active lifestyle. Click through the slideshow to see where Seattle ranks and which Pacific Northwest city beats it. less

What makes a city good for an active lifestyle? WalletHub ranked the country's 100 most populated cities using metrics such as cost of sports apparel, pick-up soccer meets per capita and swimming pools per ... more

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What makes a city good for an active lifestyle? WalletHub ranked the country's 100 most populated cities using metrics such as cost of sports apparel, pick-up soccer meets per capita and swimming pools per capita to come up with the following top 15 cities for an active lifestyle. Click through the slideshow to see where Seattle ranks and which Pacific Northwest city beats it. less

What makes a city good for an active lifestyle? WalletHub ranked the country's 100 most populated cities using metrics such as cost of sports apparel, pick-up soccer meets per capita and swimming pools per ... more

Photo: Ana Andrea Wu / EyeEm

If you're looking to get fit this New Year, Seattle is a great place to be

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It's early January, and health and fitness are on the minds of resolution-makers across the country.

Exercising more or losing weight was the main 2019 resolution made by 38 percent of Americans surveyed by Offers.com. That number is down from 41 percent of Americans in 2018, but still enough to be the most popular resolution. (Save money ranked second with 37 percent, followed by travel at 24 percent.)

Resolutions aren't easy to keep. One study found that just 8 percent of people keep their New Year's resolutions, Forbes reported in 2013.

Luckily, if you live in Seattle, you have two things going for you. Not only are you more likely to keep your resolutions than residents of other cities, but you also live in one of the best cities for an active lifestyle, according to WalletHub.

That shouldn't come as a surprise. Seattle is close to magnificent mountain ranges and bodies of water lending themselves to all sorts of outdoor activities. It also ranks among the top cities that spent the most money on parks.

Seattle also ranks second for the lowest percentage of physically inactive residents.

To get this ranking, WalletHub compared the 100 most populated U.S. cities with regard to such topics as average monthly fitness club fee, sports clubs per capita, basketball hoops per capita, parkland acres per capita and presence of bike-sharing programs.

But Seattle isn't the best city in the Pacific Northwest for an active lifestyle. Click through the slideshow above to see which cities beat the Emerald City and how the top 15 cities stack up.